
Newly airing anime series Ladies versus Butlers! (universally known as れでぃ×ばと! / Lady×But! in Japanese), adapted from a light novel series of the same name, has instantly attracted favourable attention, along with comparisons to top oppai anime Kanokon.
Viewers had initially been led by previews to think censorship marketing shenanigans were afoot:

However what was actually broadcast was rather different:

Doubtless not the last that will be heard of this series.
Are these screen caps from the Promotion Video? Because I have episode 1 of Ladies vs. Butlers and I don't see the bath scenes anywhere.
Screw the promotion video and download the REAL episode 1 from which the pics were taken.
I find amusement in this series.
Umm these scenes weren't in episode one of the show. Is this from from promo episode?
Are there ANY series running these days which aren't dependant on boobs, panchira, loli, onsen, or moe? ANY AT ALL?
What happened to the days when an anime could be notable for its actual QUALITY rather than the level of fanservice in it? The most this blog would have been able to find to say about Cowboy Bebop if it had been around back then was that Faye has a couple of nice costumes.
I think this could be the worst season of anime ever. Could they at least hurry up and bring on Shana III?
There is, if you actually spend time trying looking for them rather than ignorantly complaining about the lack of them.
Anime isnt some entity that changes it's mood every few years. Ecchi and non-ecchi anime have existed side by side for over 30 years.
Stop bitching on what I and many others like, start looking for something to praise for once. Damn haters.
If you think anime now hasn't changed from what it was like 10 years ago, you're a goddamned idiot. I remember when we could appreciate ecchi series for their rarity value- now we're being swamped with them.
I have to admit that there is ONE series that looks kind of interesting this season- DRRR.
I never said there was more or less ecchi compared to before, but it HAS always been there. In fact even though there was less of it before, it was deffinately far more accepted and less taboo before.
And just cuz one series you found looks interesting doesn't mean there's only one series this season that is devoid of ecchi. If you're talking about interesting anime, then your problem isn't exactly it the ecchi is it? It's possible that an ecchi anime CAN be interesting and more than just ecchi. Besides, moe is devouring the industry far more than ecchi is, so why single out ecchi, especially when ecchi has been here for long before moe and keeps to its place in comparison.
And furthermore, it's thought like this that gets people prejudice against ecchi and subsribing to the "judging book by it's cover" idea. For that reason, Juuden-chan was skipped over by many when it was actually a worthwhile anime in ways other than it's ecchi scenes.
oh, sorry i read your first comment again where you did also mention moe.
Anyways, like I said, the problem isn't with the existance of ecchi but the non-existance of interesting anime. I mean, you cant go and tell Bow Ditama or Rin Sin to go create anime that rivals Ghost in the Shell, they specialize in ecchi stuff so they're going to be sticking to that and they're going to keep making it, like it or not. The serious stuff has to be made by those who can make that serious stuff, and apparently there seems to be a lack of such artists in anime right now... though that's just my observation. Or maybe it's just that it's easier and quicker to make ecchi and moe, so that's why you see more of it, while landmark anime is just harder to come by as it's harder work and takes longer to create?
I mean there's the business aspect and the artistic aspect, just like most other industries. Maybe you just cought the industry at a "bad time", so here's a break to catch up on stuff you missed. Maybe next season will have more to quench your thirst.
Fresh loli! Yay!
there is no *actual* loli here.
dropped like lightning.
Convenient censoring is not uncensored ....
Must watch.
Nice ! Been waiting so much for the first episode to be aired of this anime, looks delicious...
The first episode of this has a lengthy face-sitting scene, so in my book it wins 2010, and possibly this decade. :D
Normally they save stuff like this for the OVAs, I'm impressed
It looks like 2 episodes are up on animesuki now
It reminds me of kanokon :3
:D THIS is why i love anime and japan. This > evangelion, by a million
Why don't you mention what channel it airs on in these sorts of articles?
I'd say it's absolutely relevant in articles about censorship, and it's a bother for everyone that cares to look it up for themselves.
I agree because the one I watched was fully censored like the pictures above. I would like to find the uncensored version from the channel that aired it.
Hmm, hey Arte! It seems the majority here hate anything ecchi in Japanese media, just going off comments. but... the hit numbers say something else, don't they? Funny that so many are here to redily comment against this kind of anime when the majority of the site consists of articles like this. Interesting stuff, eh?
It's like my parents, when they are watching the news (in my country) even though they know all theyre gonna see is celebrity gossip, and they just complain about how that's all they talk about the whole time, while they keep watching it. I wonder how many people in the world are like my parents and like to repeatedly contribute to that which they hate. Maybe the majority of pop music sales are from people who actually detest pop, lol.
I LIKE ecchi. I HATE the fact that we're getting nothing BUT ecchi, season after goddamn season!
no we're not... why are you thinking that way?
most of the popular shows are actually just moe and moe is not the same thing as ecchi
Do i really need to look up all the non-ecchi anime from 2009 and make a list for you??
Commenting behaviour is basically independent of popularity, and with less than 1% of people commenting it is rather foolish to take them too seriously.
What happened to the days when companies just normally censored things with black?
This show is so extremely bad that any amount of fan service can not make it even remotely worthwhile. Kanokon is significantly better than this crap.
That's saying something.
Me too
Seems like it might be a little more generic than I thought though
15:46 was meant to be in response to the comment about loli. Bah.
... It looks like they got all their character designs by hitting "random" in Artificial Girl 3.
fukken lol'd
She insists she is 19, the main character ain't falling for it.
I love boobs period.
Reverse trap spotted.
All I have to say is.. thank god for AT-X!
Bottom left looks like my waifu. Yes, both of them.
FUCK U ALL LOSER SHITHEADS XD!!!!!!
hurray for humanity
Sorry. There is no way to watch Ladies versus Butlers! online. Flat out impossible. Nope.
Don't worry, the lolis doesn't have any roles...
Also, my eyes burned out from the fat girl.
The one I saw was censored.
Tan girls? gotta watch.
You will be surprised when you know who they really are.
I can see a loli!
Gonna check this out...
lol, Your avatar shows us just how happy you are
I've always thought ichiro's avatar really suited his posts =p
Actually, I think that that avatar is just way to perfect for all his posts. So far, each time that he comments on something, the avatar just hit the spot. He could write "I came", "I want", "I like it small" or anything, his avatar does the rest of the work :P.
Sexy! =L
yes, but censorship ruined everything!
What censorship? The point is that it was shown uncensored, unlike the ads for it.
top-right corner is serious business.
SERIOUS LOLI BUSINESS! WOOO
Read carefully. SanCom is serious business.
:(
No way this was aired on TV like this in Japan. I thought they stopped doing that and only do that for pay channels like ATX now?
You're right. Because this airs on ATX.
a webo, la censura me pela el webo y la tuerce
por fin sacan algo chingon sin censura mae..
But it had been aired uncesored.
lol, now I know why my fiance wanted to watch this so badly XD
Your a good fiance! So understanding! *sniff*
He's a lucky bastard~!
deffinately *manly tears ensue*
i just love tan boobs xD
The Prerelease was censored but I believe all episode ones with an op included and thus not prerelease are uncensored. At the very least I know Doki has an uncensored ep 1.
The version I watched was censored as well. Damn...
i love tan boobies too >.>
i just love tan boobs xD
I knew this was ecchi. But not this much. The Light Novel was better. - . -
What, three ecchi scenes in an episode are too much for you?
I was hoping this was going to involve butlers like Sebastian Michaelis from Kuroshitsuji or Ronove from Umineko sexing up the ladies. I'd buy that shit.
Too good to be true, of course.
"Sebastian sexing up on girls.."
Couldn't help but found this line kinda.. absurd.
Doesn't Sebastian do that once in the anime, though? He was complaining, but he still did it...
Yep. He fucks a maid in a barn or behind a church or something. I don't recall him complaining, he seemed to find it amusing. Ciel was mad, though.
Judging by the first episode, I can imagine this will be the worst fucking show of 2010. Unsexy, ugly, bad directing, worst script in ages. Seriously, a show about ladies and butlers that has lesser class than a show about small girls and their underwear.
I like perverted cartoons as much as the next guy, but this is just utter shit.
I, personally am just taking it for what it is. It's just another ecchi anime. You can get more ecchi and less storyline in another place other than anime. May as well just visit the channel or get the screencaps somewhere...
Wow you are a great man. No one can ever review like that. Only those with no eyes and no ears can give such a remarkable review. You can see the future of the anime industry just by looking at the first episode! That's a skill like no other.
I said that I can imagine it being (ending up) the worst, as in "I would not be surprised if this is the worst show out of all those I will see this year" (or for some years to come). I gave no assessment of the certainty of such a situation.
In any case, shitty show is shit. Consider comic or ecchi timing, how situations play out, how music and sound effects are used. The "ecchi" situations are too overdone and poorly handled to be sexy, and stop too short of being actual porn. And I don't care for the character design. (Of course there may be improvement, but based on Kanokon by the same director, I'd guess not.)
These are just opinions, so I won't rag too much on anyone who likes it, but if you do, consider asking yourself if your standards might too low, because you don't have to take this shit. There are some hell of a lot better ecchi and pornographic shows.
at least it's not as bad as dance of the vampire bund...
Woah, chill out.
OMG i Have Uncensored :p yay i will get a link out if you want me to :p direct download from 3 diff places ok :p
yes, please link out for us. will definitely appreciate uncensored version.
Loli and albino girl spotted~!! :3
Awesome! I see loli! Gotta watch this!
hoping this has some yuri innit
between this and chu-bra!! theres going to be a fanservice overload. too bad i'm not in the mood for fanservice this season.
I'll take it any season as long as that's not all there is in a season...though it doesn't look like there's a lot of good to offset it this season....
yeah same here!
can someone link us to uncensored one?
that's why reason nowadays suck so hard.
they're just trying to please pathetic lonely otakus.
well, "pathetic lonely otaku" is still a viable market, i think...
Yes. This might be good for a fap, but it's not going to help the troubled anime industry expand its audience.
I think the recent post http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/01/eroge-market-victim-of-moe-boom/ also applies to this kind of anime: "...this industry has reached its limit in terms of the consumer fan base... and now companies are simply eating into each other’s profits, in which case its maximum size will never grow bigger."
:< I saw the censored version too.
Good anime tho.
that animation looks just like Kanokon.
I think it might be because they draw the noses the same way...OH WAIT...!
If I hadn't read the article, I'd never noticed.
Maybe this one has an actual story? But then again,...